preponderates
Holds greater sway
Preponderates means to outweigh or exceed in influence, importance, or quantity.
When one factor preponderates, it dominates or prevails over others: Evidence preponderates in favor of the defendant.
The word appears most often in legal and formal contexts, where preponderance describes which side's evidence carries more weight.
Exerts supreme control
- prevailsSucceeds in the end
- ascendancyDominant power or influence
- supremacyHighest rank or power
- hegemonyDominant group's control
predominance · primacy · paramountcy · upper hand · outweighs · overshadows · eclipses · surpasses
Has greater quantity than
- exceedsGoes past a boundary
- majorityOver half of total
- bulkMain mass or size
- lion's shareGreatest part of total
most · plurality · mass · concentration · density · disproportionate · imbalance · overrepresentation
Rock back and forth
- cloutInformal power or punch
- leverageBorrowed capital for amplified returns
- weightMeasure of heaviness
- significanceQuality of mattering
impact · bearing · pull · authority · persuasion · effect · importance · consequence
dominates
Exerts supreme control
- prevailsSucceeds in the end
- ascendancyDominant power or influence
- supremacyHighest rank or power
hegemony · predominance · primacy · paramountcy · upper hand · outweighs · overshadows · eclipses · surpasses · exceeds
outnumbers
Has greater quantity than
lion's share · most · plurality · mass · concentration · density · disproportionate · imbalance · overrepresentation
sway
Rock back and forth
- cloutInformal power or punch
- leverageBorrowed capital for amplified returns
- weightMeasure of heaviness
significance · impact · bearing · pull · authority · persuasion · effect · importance · consequence · moment